{"product_id":"tore-godal-and-the-evolution-of-global-health-9781032426983","title":"Tore Godal and the Evolution of Global Health","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an interconnected history of the evolution of global health in the decades before 2019, told through the prism of six decisive moments in which individuals from the World Health Organization (WHO), philanthropic foundations, academia and bilateral agencies came together to shape the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese critical junctures are accessed via the life and work of Norwegian immunologist Tore Godal, one of the most influential health physicians of all time. Godal's career over the past 50 years offers a window into the profound events that have shaped the health and well-being of millions across the globe, including the first free donation of a drug for the treatment of river blindness; the entry of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation into the global health arena with a $750 million start-up grant for GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization; the 50% reduction in under-five mortality rates this century; the emergence of insecticide bed nets as the cornerstone of WHO malaria control; the rise of maternal and child health on the global political agenda; and the connection between Ebola and the creation of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the ways in which the trajectory of global health has interwoven with the rich life and legacy of Godal, this book is a crucial resource for any reader interested in global health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Conrad Keating\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032426983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConrad Keating\u003c\/b\u003e is the Writer-in-Residence and Visiting Professor at the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. He works on the social history of medicine and the history of science and was previously the Writer-in-Residence at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford. His most recent publication is the widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eAnthony Cerami: A Life in Translational Medicine \u003c\/i\u003e(2021). Previous work includes \u003ci\u003eKenneth Warren and the Great Neglected Diseases of Mankind Programme: The Transformation of Geographical Medicine in the US and Beyond \u003c\/i\u003e(2017); \u003ci\u003eGreat Medical Discoveries: An Oxford Story \u003c\/i\u003e(2013); and \u003ci\u003eSmoking Kills: The Revolutionary Life of Richard Doll \u003c\/i\u003e(2009). Keating has an ongoing ten-part \u003ci\u003eArt of Medicine \u003c\/i\u003eessay series on the history of randomised controlled trials in \u003ci\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43761567170675,"sku":"9.78103E+12","price":204.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_789760fc-bebb-4a5c-83d9-7168554187af.jpg?v=1756902238","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/tore-godal-and-the-evolution-of-global-health-9781032426983","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}